# Welcome to the IPFS Weekly. 👋
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) (opens new window) is a new hypermedia distribution protocol, addressed by content and identity. IPFS enables the creation of completely distributed applications. It aims to make the web faster, safer, and more open. Since that’s a pretty large scope, we track development across the ecosystem in this weekly dispatch.
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Here are some of the highlights since the last IPFS Weekly.
# The latest
- Join us in London for an IPFS Show and Tell (opens new window) this Thursday! A bunch of IPFS Core Contributors and Developers of Distributed Applications will be there.
- Juan Benet will be speaking at Web3 Summit in Berlin (opens new window) later this month. Tickets are still available (opens new window).
- DNSLink and IPNS availability survey (opens new window): 10 out of the top 1M sites had an IPNS DNSLink entry, but only 5 actually worked 🙃
- WikiLeaks is now using an experimental IPFS gateway (opens new window)
- There’s an ongoing discussion of IPFS in the Guix development mailing list (opens new window)
- Take a deep dive with IPFS at the next Munich IPFS meetup (opens new window), 28 Nov 2018
# IPFS in the wild
Do you follow IPFS on Twitter (opens new window)? For the latest mentions of IPFS in the news, check our Twitter feed or see the latest articles on Awesome IPFS (opens new window).
- libp2p: the modular P2P network stack by IPFS for better decentralized computing (opens new window), 09 Oct 2018
- Slidedeck: Peer-to-Peer Protocols for Our Cyber Commons (opens new window), Benedict Lau, 09 Oct 2018, or see the presentation here (opens new window)
- The end of summer brings new updates to Textile and Textile Photos (opens new window), Textile Update | September 2018, 09 Oct 2018
- The Inter-Planetary File System (opens new window), Ben Little, 09 Oct 2018
- Take control of your photos (opens new window), 08 Oct 2018
- How the Digital World of Data Storage is Changing Fast - The Biggest Decentralized Disruptors of Today (opens new window), 05 Oct 2018
# Updates and new releases
See the latest releases of IPFS tools and projects across the ecosystem.
- qri 0.5.6 (opens new window) – This patch release is focused on making inroads on some long-standing issues with peer discovery.
# Tools and projects we ❤️
Awesome IPFS (opens new window) is a community maintained and updated list of projects, tools, or pretty much any things related to IPFS that are totally awesome. To see more, or add yours to the list, visit Awesome IPFS on GitHub (opens new window).
- Discover your next favorite decentralized application on app.co (opens new window).
- Video: CURIOSITY (opens new window), see Richard Feynman doing what he does best - sharing his contagious fascination with the world.
# Coming up in the Community
Did you know IPFS has a community forum at discuss.ipfs.tech (opens new window)? Sign up to participate in discussions about coding, tutorials, see announcements and learn about upcoming community events.
- The Web3 Foundation has offered to fund ticket reductions for attendees at the inaugural Web3 Summit (opens new window)
- Cambrial x Blockstack Present: The Case Against Individual Data Ownership (opens new window), 24 Oct 2018, Berlin, Germany.
- Introducing Decentralized Camp’s second yearly hackathon (opens new window), 9-11 Nov 2018
- Sign up to be notified for IPFS Conf 2019 (opens new window), in Lisbon.
- Introducing AraCon (opens new window), the first Aragon Conference, will take place in Berlin, Germany on 29-30 Jan 2019.
# Thanks for reading ☺️
That’s it for this week’s news on all things IPFS. If we missed something, reply to this email and let us know! That way we can feature you in next week’s edition.